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I think that it would be very interesting to implement a mechanism to reward users that contribute to an OSQA site. A simple and effective scheme would be to display AdSense blocks using the AdSense Ids of the users. We could add AdSense blocks in every question page. Then in, for example, 50% percent (admin setting) of the pageviews, instead of displaying the AdSense block using the AdSense of the site admins, it would be displayed using the AdSense Id of the user that posted the most voted answer. Things to take into account:
Sites using a similar scheme: http://www.admoolah.com/blog/index.php/adsense-revenue-sharing-sites/ What do you think ? EDIT: Of course there should be an admin setting to enable or disable this functionality. |
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I think this is an idea that sounds worthwhile in concept, but most users would get precious little reward from it even on a busy site. AdSense is just a hard way to make money on the web (unless you're Google!) This is the kind of thing which could be implemented in a module, and I think it could be a cool one. Also, when we have themes we'll have widgets, too - this would be well suited for display in a widget. Yes, rewards will depend on user contribution and also on site traffic and site topic. But, well, a little reward is always better than no reward.
(01 Jun '10, 10:57)
Oscar ♦
@Oscar: No, a de minimis reward can trivialize your effort, and harm more than it helps.
(02 Jun '10, 15:32)
Joseph
In any case this feature would be something optional, to be enabled or disabled by the admin, so you could disable it in your site if you don't find it interesting.
(02 Jun '10, 16:25)
Oscar ♦
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I'd be careful about this as it would probably be interpreted by Google as encouraging clicks. As a group the contributors could inflate their earnings by clicking on ads themselves and fall foul of Google's policies
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oh crap! I just deleted oscars comment, trying to vote it up.. how come i can delete other peoples comments?
(30 Jun '10, 18:29)
debug
Perhaps the required reputation points configuration variable to delete other' s comments is too low.
(30 Jun '10, 19:00)
Randell
And yeah, the idea really would really encourage clicks. I don't want the people in my site going because for the clicks instead of what the community has to offer.
(30 Jun '10, 19:01)
Randell
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This scheme (rewarding contributors through Adsense) is being used by sites with high traffic without having any problem with Google policies, so it is clear that Google does not consider this thing as "encouraging clicks". Example: http://www.xomba.com/make/money In any case, if people want to cheat they can do it in their own pages, they don't need this scheme to generate false clicks. So I don't thing that the argument "this thing encourages clicks" is valid.
(01 Jul '10, 04:07)
Oscar ♦
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Depending on the kind of users you have, I would suggest using BitCoins to reward good answers. As the bitcoin community growth it will beneficial to your site to use this innovative approach. Users willing for a good response will offer bitcoins. The regular way to use OSQA must still exists, off course. 1
See http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/42481/the-problem-with-extrinsic-motivation which sets out, far better than I could, why this is not a good idea
(11 Jul '11, 04:11)
Andrew_S ♦
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I'd like to strongly second this as an option. I'd only unlock the feature for users who have attained a certain amount of points or badges, and even then - allow for editorial control to flip the bit for sharing.